_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: bia-machado@hotmail.com; Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 27(3): 1-7, 2018; Article no.JEAI.44805 ISSN: 2457-0591 (Past name: American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Past ISSN: 2231-0606) Different Substrates in Seedling Production of Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul Natacha Nara Gonçalves de Mello da Conceição 1 , Fabiane Pereira Machado Dias 2* , Ésio de Castro Paes 3 , Fagner Taiano dos Santos Silva 4 , Rafaela Simão Abrahão Nóbrega 5 and Júlio César Azevedo Nóbrega 5 1 Department of Agroecology, Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia (UFRB), Brazil. 2 Postgraduate Program in Agronomy, CNPq Scholarship, Federal University of Goias (UFG), Rodovia Goiânia – Nova Veneza, Km 0, s / n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. 3 Postgraduate Program in Soils and Plant Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil. 4 Graduate Program in Soil Science, University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC), Brazil. 5 Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia (UFRB), Brazil. Authors' contributions This work was carried out in collaboration with all authors. This study is part of the course conclusion work of author NNGMC, who together with authors JCAN and RSAN designed the study, wrote the protocol and the first draft of the manuscript. Authors ECP and FPMD managed the analyses of the study and performed the statistical analysis. Author FTSS reviewed and translated every manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEAI/2018/44805 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Rusu Teodor, Professor, Department of Technical and Soil Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Reviewers: (1) R. K. Mathukia, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, India. (2) Anonymous, University of Calabar, Nigeria. (3) Aydın Adiloglu, Namık Kemal University, Turkey. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/26903 Received 05 August 2018 Accepted 16 October 2018 Published 29 October 2018 ABSTRACT The use of native species for the recovery of degraded areas has been of great relevance, however, there is a deficiency in studies aimed at the Northeast region of Brazil, which presents one of the largest areas under desertification in the South American continent. The region has a diverse native flora of high cultural and economic relevance such as Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul, popularly known as catingueira that stands out for the rusticity and use in diverse areas medicinal, logging, cultural, Original Research Article